The Chicago City Council, like many other legislative bodies, typically opens meetings with an "invocation"—essentially, a prayer or moment of reflection. Clergy from a wide range of religious ...

POST FALLS, Idaho — Council members pumped the brakes Tuesday after Mayor Randy Westlund proposed opening future city meetings with an invocation. “I would like to add a simple non-sectarian ...

Last week, a Donald Trump-appointed judge in Texas deemed Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act “unlawful.” Blocking further deportations of alleged Venezuelan gang members under that law, U.S.

A federal appeals court in the District of Columbia on Friday upheld the House of Representatives’ requirement that it start each day it is in session with a religious prayer. The unanimous ruling ...

The invocation given before Huntington Beach City Council meetings has been an afterthought in the minds of many. It has traditionally been handled by leaders of the Greater Huntington Beach ...

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho — Prayers before Coeur d’Alene City Council meetings could be seeing their final Amen, as reported by the Coeur d'Alene Press. The city, which recently took over scheduling ...

The fourth album from the trio Duende Libre is entitled Invocation, the act of summoning a deity or the supernatural. The band's name itself is rooted in flamenco culture, a term of great emotion that ...